Life’s complexity can be overwhelming, but simplicity often holds the key to finding balance and peace.

In the quietest moments, we find the loudest truths about ourselves and the world around us.

The more you chase something, the more elusive it becomes. Sometimes, letting go brings unexpected clarity.

Sometimes, the greatest battles we fight are against our own fears and insecurities. Strength lies in acceptance.

We often look for answers in places where the questions don’t even make sense. It’s the journey that matters.

severance

Apple TV+ marketing team crushed it.

1. Lumon computer on the Apple homepage
2. Glass walled pop-up in grand central…
3. …with the actual actors!!!
4. And if you asked the guard about the actors, he said they weren’t actors and handed you a spiral-bound book about Lumon

ps what’s our policy on spoilers here?

Base

on $TRUMP:

to everyone: a huge win for crypto - the overton window is shifted and many new people coming onchain.

to solana: reaffirms your awesome work, proud to build alongside you. 

to based builders: THIS IS THE BEGINNING. time to buckle down, keep building, stay based.

FIP: Labels

A data standard to annonate context about accounts like language, humanity, spamminess and other qualities.

Labels will make it easy to generate public datasets that are useful for app developers to categorize casts and users.

FIP: Labels

A data standard to annonate context about accounts like language, humanity, spamminess and other qualities.

Labels will make it easy to generate public datasets that are useful for app developers to categorize casts and users. 

https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/216

Yet another cool product we can't use because of the NY BitLicense. https://x.com/coinbase/status/1879902780564951530

Serious question:

How do we go about getting the BitLicense repealed?

fc-updates

Introducing Token Links

Try it now: $degen, $tn100x, $higher, $moxie, $anon

- Mention a token with a leading $, it turns into a link
- Tap link to see top tokens by market cap and recent casts
- Links to Dexscreener and copy contract address
- Working in casts and profiles
- Already on the protocol; just enriching text in casts

Future ideas
- Smarter algo for casts (expect a bit of spam this week)
- Additional info and metrics for traders
- Farcaster social graph signals
- Customization for token creators
- Tie-in with frames and onchain transactions

Known issues
- If token links aren't linkifying, update your app and restart 1-2x
- Casts are slow to load; making that faster
- Token links don't work in DCs or the composer yet
- Sorting by market cap may result in non-FC native assets ahead of FC-native ones, e.g. $anon

Reminder: you can mute all token links by adding $ to your mute words on Warpcast

this is a huge improvement over X for two small and simple reasons:

1. You can do more than 6 characters
2. You can put numbers in it

Trump just launched his official meme coin on Solana

soundscapes

https://www.nts.live/shows/franchise-radio/episodes/franchise-radio-11th-january-2025

(summer of) protocol {support | guild | fellowship} ☀️


Wiki post on Eth Magicians is the place to start.  It is markdown so you can use your fave AI to do a first pass.
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/friendly-names-for-final-eips/22567

cc @v

alok

“In hindsight, it should have been obvious that when Trump launched his coin it meant X”

Solve for X

Law & Policy

Hans Haacke’s usage of the 1971 Siegelaub-Projanksy agreement for his Condensation Cube artwork in 1972.

Each Transfer Agreement and Record is an analog equivalent of digital blockchain ledger entries for decentralized art. The beginning of provenance is shown in the first and second transfers, including names, price, and date. 1st Transfer : Thilo Liemersdorf. 2nd Transfer : Dr. Adolf Luther. 

The NOTICE associated with the artwork gives legal notice to all buyers of the artwork collectors that they are bound by the agreement, and can serve as a certificate of authenticity (COA) as well. The notice is an analog equivalent of contemporary NFTs, when used for these functions. 

Examples of the contract usage are sourced from Maria Eichhorn’s book, The Artist’s Contract.

darkshadevibe

@darkshadevibe